I have messed up a lot in my life. I’ve done some really stupid things and I’ve done lots of things I regret. A lot of them highly embarrassing!

But when I was younger someone once said to me ‘It’s all about the stories Cassi’ and that really stuck with me. Now, when I do something stupid or embarrassing I always think of that statement and it makes me smile…….because that is exactly why I wrote the book :)!

If I hadn’t of done all those things and made all those stupid decisions I would have had nothing to write about!

Lots of people don’t understand cats, and a lot of people have laughed at the relationship I have with Coco, my cat.

But not many people understand the whole story. How when I turned around and was so alone, she was the only one there. She was the one I came home to, it was her fur that I cried into, it was her that made me get out of bed in the morning (literally! because she wanted her breakfast!), it was her that sat with me and watched me cry, it was her that made me laugh, it was her that slept by my head every night, it was her that never once judged me (no matter what time I came home!).

I was 10,000 miles away from home. She was my family and my friends. She was all I had.

You don’t forget something like that. You don’t turn your back on that kind of loyalty. Ever.